A 26 year old youth has drowned yesterday(11) while bathing in sea coastal area in Mirijjawila,Hambanthota(Southern Province) .
As per an information received ,Hambanthota Police have launched a rescue operation in search of the drowned youth and recovered his body today(12) according to the Police.
The deceased had been identified as a resident of Heeloya,Bandarawela area.
India's National Carrier "Air India" is due to launch direct flights from Colombo to Varanasi(Baranasa),India from this August according to the visiting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Sigh Modi.
Through this Sri Lankan Devotees will be able to travel Varanasi from Colombo directly the Indian Premier has stated while addressing the International Vesak Day Celebrations held in BMICH ,Cololmbo this morning(12).
Varanasi is rated as the holiest of the seven sacred cities of India on Hinduism and Jainism .
Four Persons Traveling in a Motorcycle have been killed after their Motorcycle colliding with a Private Bus in Bandiwewa area,Polonnaruwa(North Central Province) last night(11).
The critically injured four Motorcyclists of the ages 23-47 had succumbed to their injuries on admission to the Polonnaruwa Hospital.The deceased had been identified as residents of Bandiwewa,Maoya area. Police have arrested the Bus driver regarding the accident.
Supreme Court has today(12) suspended the Court of Appeal's verdict to annul the MP Post of United Peoples Freedom Alliance(UPFA) MP Geetha Kumarasinghe until 15 th of May after considering an appeal filed by MP Kumarasinghe against the Appeals Court verdict.
The three member judge panel comprising with Buwaneka Aluvihare,Anil Gunaratne and Priyantha Jayawardena met today at Supreme Court and issued a staying order to suspend the Appeals Court verdict.The Judge Panel has also decided to take up the appeal filed by MP Geetha Kumarasinghe on 15th of May.
Last week the Parliamentary Secretary Dammike Dissanayake has informed the Elections Commissioner Mahinda Deshapriya that the MP Post of Geetha Kumarasinghe will be abolished after the Appeals Court verdict .
The Attorney General has informed the Appeals Court on 14th of March that the MP Kumarasinghe cannot hold the MP Post under the 19th Amendment of the Sri Lankan Constitution as she holds dual citizenship in Switzerland and she has failed to revoke her citizenship there.